PHY 303 - The Universe in Ten Weeks (4)

This course investigates answers to questions such as: What is the nature of the cosmos? How did the universe begin? What are the smallest constituents of the universe and what are their properties?, etc., through a historical-sociological-scientific overview of our present understanding of the universe. The emphasis is on the modern description of the beginning of the universe, its constitution, and its evolution, as discovered and interpreted by astronomers and chemists, mathematicians and physicists. Course fulfills GE Synthesis B5.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Area A and Sub-areas B1, B2, and B4, including a physics or astronomy course from B1.
Component(s): 4 lectures.
When Offered: F, Sp